Gleaner and binder



(No Model.)

M. G. HUBBARD.

GLEAN-ER AND BINDER.

Patented July 117, 1883.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES G. HUBBARD, OF NOBRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLEANER AND BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,367, dated July 17,1883.

' Application filed February 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

- Beit known that I, Mosns G. HUBBARD, of Norristown, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inGleaners and Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to gleaning and binding harvesters, but moreparticularly to the elevating devices for that class of machines whichis fully and clearly described in the following specification, and shownin the accomp'anying drawings, which form part thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide elevating devices which shallnot draw straw from the gavel while elevating it to a position withinreach of the binder-arm; further, to so construct the elevating cylinderand its arms that it can readily be taken off its shaft or put on thesame in sections; further, to provide guide-scrolls which shall preventany tendency of the grain to fall backward.

In the drawings, Figurelisacross-sectional elevation of my improvedgleaner and binder on line m 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofsame, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the elevatingdevices.

A A are the driving and supporting wheels.

13 is the driving-shaft, and is supported in hearings or brackets b,secured to the frame 0. The shaft B carries, secured to it, a series ofelevating-arms, D, which constitute the elevating-cylinder. These arms Dradiate from a hub, E, which is made with a groove, h, upon itsperiphery and between said arms D, and it is further bisected-and thetwo halves are pivoted or hinged together at e, and afterencircling theshaft B they are clamped thereon by bolts or clamps through the lugs, asat F.

I The hub is prevented from turning upon the shaft by the key G.

The arms D are made of fiat spring metal, tapering in shape, andarranged side by side, as "shown in Fig. 3, and the two ends are made tospring together to form substantially one point. Working between thesearms D are rigid guide-scrolls H, which have one end resting upon thehub E and in the grooveh, and the other or'upper end securedfirmly tothe frame 0, said scrolls being so arranged relatively to theelevating-cylinder that they gradually become more and more removed fromthe center, but always remain in the same plane with the arms D.

.Pivotcd to the shaft 13 is the trailingframe K, which runs upon rollersL and carries the gleaning-cylinder J. The guide-scrolls I are securedto the trailing-frame, then pass under and nearly around thegleaning-cylinder, then up with a reverse curve toward the bindershaftM, which is arranged above the elevating-cylinder, and carries thebinderarm N. The upper and forward side of the scroll I is provided withone or more teeth, I, as shown, which allow the -grainto pass up freelybetween the scrolls H and I, but prevent it fall ing back again. Thescrolls Iare springs, and are arranged to one side of scrolls H.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The double elevating-arms on the elevating-cylinder, in combinationwith the rigid elevating-scroll H, having its lower end arranged betweensaid arms, substantially as described.

2. In an elevatingcylinder for a gleaner and binder, the elevating-armssecured to or forming part of sections of a hub, said sec tions beingunited together to form a complete ring, in combination with the shaftand means to secure said ring rigidly upon said shaft, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

'3. The elastic grain-supporting scroll I, having one or more teeth orledges at or near its top, in combination with devices to elevate thegrain and keep it pressed against the scroll, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

4. In a gleaner and binder, the combination of double elevating-arms D,rigid scrolls H, held between them, and spring-supporting scroll I,having one or more teeth, I, or ledges, at or near its top,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

MOSES G. HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

R. S. CHILD, Jr., R. M. HUNTER.

